Evening Roundup, July 3
Featuring "The Tea" with April Ryan and Governor Wes Moore; Ted Widmer; Marvin Kalb; Janai Nelson; Ruben Bolling; Marissa Rothkopf; and introducing...Noodles!
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
—James Baldwin
The Big, Bold Betrayal
The “Big, Beautiful Bill” will slash funding for programs millions rely on while handing tax breaks to the rich. Healthcare, clean air, and housing are rights, not privileges. Republicans did not have the spine to deny it, despite the millions of people whose lives it will dismantle. Those supposed politicians will face the consequences in 2026. With your help, we will continue to fight, unabated and undeterred. This is our Republic to keep.
The Tea w/ April Ryan ft. Gov. Wes Moore
Spill the pot over with the latest "The Tea" with April and Gov. Wes Moore!
Can Harvard ever be Harvard again?
By Marvin Kalb
Harvard is doing its best in a tough fight that it might not win.
Waiting on the judicial branch to save democracy: Janai Nelson on the legal battles ahead
April Ryan and Janai Nelson discuss the conservative leaning of SCOTUS, how the Trump administration has denied multiple court orders, and America’s ugly, racist past.
Tom the Dancing Bug
Follow Ruben Bolling on Substack here; Join Tom the Dancing Bug’s Inner Hive here; and here is the Tom the Dancing Bug website, with information about the new book, “It’s the Great Storm, Tom the Dancing Bug!"
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
—Alfred Lord Tennyson
Didn’t realize I needed Tennyson and the most adorable puppy ever on this miserable day. Thanks for knowing the exact things we needed so we can start anew tomorrow.
Thanks for the lines from Tennyson ... just right